Reinforced Concrete
Mechanics and Design
SEVENTHEDITION
JamesK.Wight
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REINFORCEDCONCRETE Mechanics and Design
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world. Constructed largely of reinforced concrete with a pressive strength of up Standing at 452 m the KLCC Petronas Twin Towers are the tallest twin towers in theto 80 MPa the towers have 88 floors and six basement levels. They are supported by23-by-23 metre concrete cores and an outer ring of super columns. The towers areconnected by a sky bridge at levels 41 and 42. Tower One is occupied by Petronas.Tower Two’s office spaces are mostly leased out to other panies. The lower levelsDewan Filharmonik Petronas concert hall among others. are occupied by the Petronas Art Gallery Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre and the
REINFORCEDCONCRETE Mechanics andDesign
SEVENTHEDITION GLOBALEDITION
JAMES K.WIGHT
F. E. Richart Jr. Collegiate Professor Department of Civif & Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Michigan
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